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lC. H. O. LEVERKUS. GAR STARTER 'AND BRAKE.

NO- 518,371, Patented Apr. 171

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C. H. 0LEVERKUS.

GAR STARTER AND BRAKE.

No. 518,371. Patented Apr. 17,1894.

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NITED STATES l PATENT OFFICE.

CARL HERMANN OTTO LEVERKUS, OF OOLOGNE-ON-THE-RHINE, GERMANY.

CAR STARTER AND BRAKE.`

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 518,371, dated April 17, 1894.

Application filed January 9, 1 8 94.

To a/ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CARL HERMANN OTTO LEYEIRKUS, a subject of the King Vof Prussia, residing at Cologne-on-the-Rhine, in the Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire, have invented new and useful Improvements in Power- Accumulating Brakes for Tramway-Cars. of which the following is a specification. I

'Iihis invention relates to a power accumulating brake for tramway cars and it has for its purpose to store up and to utilize again the power, which in braking ordinarily is lost. The tramway cars have been stopped hitherto by brake blocks pressed against the wheels of the vehicle. By this braking the ois @im of the running car is completely lost and the i starting of the stopped car requires an eX- traordinary power. I have made an arrangement, by means of which the vis viva of the running car is stored up and utilized again in starting the vehicle. I employ the fuis viva of the car for performing a new work absorbing for the moment entirely the ois viva, but rendering afterward the latter profitable again. 'lhe body of the tramway car, which is carr1 ed by a separate frame, is lifted by the ois vwdv of the vehicle, and held in this position by a suitable device. The pressure of the car body eects then the starting of the car in the desired manner. I have solved thus theproblem of the power accumulating brake in an entirely new and peculiar manner. I will proceed to describe hereinafter the con- A struction of a brake acting in this manner.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a side view of a tramway car provided with my new braking device. Fig. 2 is a plan view, and Fig. 3 a side View of the brake being in activity. Fig. 4 is a vertical section on the line A-B in Fig. 2 and Fig. 5 a vertical section on the line C-D in Fig. 2.

rIhe body of the tramway car is lcarried in a springy manner by means of plate springs w by .a separate frame u (see Fig. l); the frame u is movable with respect to the :frame carrying the shafts of the wheels and the whole braking mechanism (see Fig. 3).

The shaft w of the car wheels R carries a loose chain wheel d, which by the friction clutch c actuated by the lever b can be turned in the direction of the wheels R (see Figs. 2,

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3 and 5) the lever b is movable on an arm s2 fastened to the angle iron s. The motion of the chain wheel dis transmittedk to the chain wheels e', e2 and e'd carried by the shafts r and r arranged inthe frame t of the under carriage, and revolving thus the said shafts r and r. t

To the shafts r an d fr' are secured the toothed wheels/ic" M3 gearing with the racks ffff8 firmly fastened to the frame u. p With the chain wheel d is firmly connected the toothed wheel k revolving by the agency of the toothed wheel m, the inside toothed wheel n. 'Ihe wheel m is carried by the jack y supported by the two angle-irons s and s secured to the frame t. The wheel n is provided with a pawl p catching into the toothed wheel q firmly secured to the shaft when the starting device enters in activity, but sliding on the said wheel at the ordinary movement of the oar.

The action of the mechanism is as follows: If the brake is to be applied, the crank a is reversed; by this the lever b is moved sidewise by the chain o, so that the friction clutch c is thrown in gear with the chain wheel d. The chain wheel cl revolves nowin the direction of the car wheels R and also, owing to the'chain transmission, the chain wheels e e2 e3 with their shafts r and r.' By the latter the toothed wheels c' e" 2 'i3 are revolved and act on the racks f f f2 f3 fastened to the frame u in such a manner, that the latter and in consequence the whole car body are lifted. The m's mina of the running car is therefore used for raising the weight of thecar, so that the vehicle will be stopped within a very short space, as for performing the said Work the fuis fue'oa of the car is completely consumed.

To prevent the car body from displacing sidewise rods g` sliding in guides g of the frame are secured tothe car body. For starting the car after the brake has been applied the crank a. is turned back disengaging thus the friction clutch; by this the weight of the vehicle begins to act, as by the pressure exerted on the racks ff fifa the toothedwheels it 21's gearing therewith, and in consequence also the shafts lr and r are revolved. The chain wheels e3 e2 e connected with each other revolve now also imparting a rotary motion -to the chain wheel al, which moving loosely on the shaft y,

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revolves in a direction contrary to its former one but as-the car wheel R is allowed to turn only in one direction, the motion of the chain Wheel ol cannot be communicated directly to the shaft of the car wheels, but a transmission must take place. The toothed Wheel lo connected with the chain wheel cl actuates now the toothed wheel 'm acting on the insidetoothed wheel n (see Figs. 2 and 5). On the Wheel n the pawl p is arranged in such a manner, that in starting the car the pawl catches into the toothed wheel q, firmly connected with the shaft a: of the car wheels R. The motion of the chain wheel CZ is transmitted therefore to the car wheels R in such a manner, that they revolve in the direction the car is traveling. 'In this way'the power, which was necessary for raising the car, is utilized for facilitating the starting.

The height, to which the car is lifted, is regulated by giving the chain Wheels d, e 'e2 e3 and the toothed wheels i i 2013 the suitable sizes. rlhe length of the height may however scarcely exceed twenty centimeters.

The power stored up by the car, is sucient for advancing the car automatically about one meter; it is obvious, that by this a very considerable amount of power is saved.

I claim- 1. In combination,in acarstarterapparatus, the chain wheel d, the shaft a: loosely carrying the same, the clutch c arranged to release and. engage the said chain wheel with the axle, the chain wheels e e2 and e3, the shafts r fr' carrying the same, the connections from the chain lifting of the.

wheel d to the train of wheels e e2 and e8, the

gear wheels carried by the shafts 'r fr',.the movengaging the gear wheels whereby the frame fu, will be lifted in stopping the car by throwing in the clutch and the means for transmit ting the falling movement of the frame u to the car axles consisting of the toothed wheel fixed on the car axle, the pawl engaging the same, the toothed wheel 'n carrying said pawl and the gearing for operating said toothed wheel consisting of thepinion 7c on the chain wheel d andthe pinion m between the same and the toothed pawl carrier n, substantially as described. y y

2. In combination,in a car starter apparatus, the truck frame, the vertically movable frame u carrying the car body, the elevatingmeans between the truck frame and the frame u, the driving connections engaging the car axle for operating the elevating means, the clutch for throwing the driving connectionsinto and out of engagement with the car axle and the transmitting devices 'between the driving connections and the car axle for transmitting the falling movement of the car body and frame u to thesaid car axle to start the car, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses..4

y CARL HERMANN, OTTO LEVERKILS.`

Witnesses:

WILHELM HEINRICH WALTHER, FRITZ SCHRDER. 

